Carroll County Sheriff Jamie Kinman has been named Co-Sheriff of the Year by the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association.

“This is such a great honor,” Kinman said in a news release. “I am humbled and grateful to be nominated for this award and was truly taken aback when Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association Director Jerry Wagner notified me of the award.”

Kinman began serving his first term of office Jan. 1, 2011 as the Carroll County Sheriff.

Nearly a year after the case originally began, John F. “Jay” Jones IV accepted a plea agreement of two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor and will permanently lose his teaching license.

Jones faced two felony counts of first degree sexual abuse with penalties of five years incarceration and up to $10,000 in fines for each count. The charges were amended to two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor, third degree misdemeanors with a maximum sentence of 12 months and $500 fine on each count.

U.S. 42 at the Kentucky Utilities Ghent power plant will be closed for a 12-hour period this week to allow for installation of a pipe bridge over the road. Carroll County Judge-Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson said the road will be closed from 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26 until 7 a.m. on Thursday Sept. 27. He said KU has agreed to work with the contractor to allow the school bus through the area if the road is still closed when it runs that morning.

An unknown man and woman recently vandalized a coin machine at a local laundromat. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help to identify the two suspects.

Deputy J.T. Shaw received a call regarding the vandalism at 8:59 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Suds N Duds from co-owner Jeremy Chowning. Chowning and co-owner Tony Wilson discovered the damaged change machine the morning of Sept. 18. The perpetrators took about $400 in coins, according to a sherrif’s office news release.

If you ask children what their favorite food is, pizza would probably be a popular answer. But where does pizza come from?

The Carroll County Public Library held an event Saturday to help answer that very question. Children and community members gathered in the children’s area and had the opportunity to make their own miniature pizzas from fresh ingredients grown in the “pizza garden” behind the library. The children also took homemade watering jugs outside and watered the garden.

The Carrollton Post Office, pictured at right Friday, has undergone a major renovation over the past eight weeks. Exterior work on the historic building includes replacing the spindles on top of the building and handrail, fixing the leaky roof, recaulking the windows, replacing the broken windows, painting the exterior handrails. On the inside, walls with water damage have been fixed and repainted.